Involved in the ”very organized” and “successful” ring were 73 pimps and 518 adult prostitutes who had seduced and forced at least 47 kids ranging in age from 13 to 17 into sexual servitude. The kids, all but one of whom was a girl, were all rescued.
Assisted by state and local officials, Operation Cross Country II made the huge bust after a five year investigation and was conducted over a three day period. (http://www.huliq.com/2623/71617/fbi-busts-600-child-prostitution-ring)
In an apparently unrelated but equally ill-covered report, a Michigan man, Robert Daniels, was convicted of running an “Internet child prostitution network:” http://www.mlive.com/newsflash/index.ssf?/base/news-58/122514898188620.xml&storylist=newsmichigan.
“Daniels is accused [was convicted] of taking sexually explicit photographs of minors and posting them on Internet sites that advertised prostitution services. Authorities say minors and adult prostitutes also were taken to Washington, D.C., Maryland, Indianapolis, Chicago and New York.”
In a somewhat related and equally sordid story,